Two articles on ‘Rengat, 1949’ in Inside Indonesia by Anne-Lot Hoek

16 Sep Two articles on ‘Rengat, 1949’ in Inside Indonesia by Anne-Lot Hoek

Former KITLV research fellow Anne-Lot Hoek wrote two articles on ‘Rengat, 1949’, a small provincial town in central Sumatra. Dutch paratroopers massacred hundreds, perhaps thousands, in Rengat during the Indonesian Revolution, yet nobody outside this town seems to know. Read ‘Rengat, 1949 (part 1)’ here …>>

Rengat, 1949 (Part 2): The people of Rengat and Dutch authorities have always known about the massacre of January 1949. When then is the Dutch public not aware? Read more …>>